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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Day 3 of #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt is rain. My hand-carved, hand-printed lino block print of the well-known, ancient Chinese folktale of the magpie bridge linking the lovers, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, separated by a great river, which is the Milky Way, is printed on lovely Japanese paper, 11” x 14”.

There are variations of the folktale across Asia, but the story tells of lovers, 🧵

#FolktaleWeekRain #linocut #printmaking #folklore #magpieBridge #folktale #magpie #qixi #mastoArt

My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
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@dch@bsd.network replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@minouette the inlaid birds are just beautifully done @deborahh

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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

the Weaver Girl, symbolized by Vega, and the Cowherd, symbolized by Altair, banished to opposite sides of a heavenly great river, symbolized by the Milky Way. Once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, a flock of magpies make a bridge across the river to reunite the lovers.

The story is the inspiration for the Qiqiao or Qixi Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in China since the Han dynasty, 🧵2/n

At least 5 of my linocuts drying on a tabletop. The prints are the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, and show the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
At least 5 of my linocuts drying on a tabletop. The prints are the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, and show the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
At least 5 of my linocuts drying on a tabletop. The prints are the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, and show the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

as the Tanabata festival in Japan and the Chilseok festival in Korea.

It is said that if it rains on the day of the festival it means the river has swept away the magpie bridge or that the rain is the tears of the separated couple.

I had planned a colourful image but sometimes the trick to relief printmaking is knowing when to stop. I took my 11yo son’s advice and stuck to black and white.

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4400152193

My green vinyl Lino block in progress, on a cutting mat. Illustrating the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, I have begun carving the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. There are 6 magpies in flight between them. Drawn in pencil you can see both stand on stylized raining clouds with waves of the river between them.
My green vinyl Lino block in progress, on a cutting mat. Illustrating the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, I have begun carving the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. There are 6 magpies in flight between them. Drawn in pencil you can see both stand on stylized raining clouds with waves of the river between them.
My green vinyl Lino block in progress, on a cutting mat. Illustrating the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, I have begun carving the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. There are 6 magpies in flight between them. Drawn in pencil you can see both stand on stylized raining clouds with waves of the river between them.
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